The exploration of the desolate star system will still take a considerable amount of time.
Preparations for the transgalactic expedition are nearing completion, but the Academy of Sciences’ research work has not stopped.
On the contrary, the enthusiasm for scientific research reached its peak at this moment.
An extension of the fear of insufficient firepower—the fear of insufficient technology.
The journey of 2.54 million light-years is extremely long, long enough that all sorts of unexpected events may occur.
In this long and lonely journey, human civilization can only move forward by relying on its own strength.
In order to maximize the fleet's fault tolerance, all academicians of the Academy of Sciences are doing their utmost to promote the development of related technologies.
Humanities Academy of Sciences, Spacetime Research Center.
The Spacetime Research Center was exceptionally lively today.
A large number of Class I academicians gathered together, including some of the most senior academicians such as Lü Yongchang and Fang Xu.
Strictly speaking, apart from Lü Yongchang, the other Class I academicians have been at the Spacetime Research Center for quite some time.
Including Fang Xu.
As the second-in-command of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fang Xu's role was naturally to fill any gaps in his skills.
Its main focus is on companionship.
Even today.
The technology inside the Tenth Empire's fortress and the gradually dissipating tech tree at the top of the fog both prove one point: spacetime theories involving other dimensions are the key technology for breaking through to a Level 7 civilization.
Therefore, under Lü Yongchang's orders and with a large influx of resources, the Spacetime Research Center gradually became one of the largest research institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
For the first time in a true sense, human civilization has encountered a bottleneck in its development.
Like birds and fish.
Humans, as three-dimensional beings, are like fish in the water.
Before it has the ability to leap out of the water and fly into the sky, it can never imagine the vastness of the sky.
Three-dimensional beings can never imagine the vastness of four-dimensional space through mere imagination.
Through extensive observation, it may be possible to bridge this huge gap.
The problem is that human civilization has very few ways to observe higher-dimensional spaces.
The only thing that has anything to do with dimensions is the four-dimensional Klein bottle technology in the four-dimensional optical brain.
However, relying solely on the Klein bottle technique is insufficient for a comprehensive observation of four-dimensional space.
Like a frog living at the bottom of a well, even if it can look up at the sky through the well opening, it still cannot have a comprehensive understanding of the real sky.
It is for this reason that the development of spacetime theory has gradually stagnated.
The theoretical flaws made the Klein bottle an uncontrollable technology—except for the readily available arrangements in the four-dimensional optical brain.
Slightly altering the spatial location of the gravitational source still allows the generation of a Klein bottle structure in four-dimensional space. Three-dimensional objects can pass through this structure normally, but...
The exact landing point cannot be determined.
It could be an antimatter furnace, between decks, or even deep within the Earth or inside the human body...
In short, there is no place where it cannot appear, as long as it exists in three-dimensional space!
Therefore, for the past few centuries, the Academy of Sciences has been trying to generate a large number of Klein bottle spacetime structures using gravitational sources.
We'll use the old-fashioned method: exhaustive search.
Since the technology to control the Klein bottle cannot be mastered through theory, we must conduct extensive experiments to summarize and analyze it.
Working backward from the answer is also a good method.
It's just that... it might take a bit too much time and resources.
You reap what you sow; you planted watermelon seeds but reaped sesame seeds.
This is a common occurrence in scientific research.
Although the Spacetime Research Center has yet to find a way to control the Klein bottle, it has inadvertently improved the spacetime theory based on three-dimensional space.
This gave rise to space application technology, which is located in the high-level area of the sixth-level technology tree.
Space Shield Technology
This technology is precisely what brought together a large number of academicians to the Spacetime Research Center.
...
Inside the Spacetime Research Center.
Lu Yongchang was standing in the experimental control console area, curiously examining the space shield generation device located in the experimental area in the holographic projection.
Over the centuries, his main research focus has been on high-dimensional spacetime theory.
The practical application of this three-dimensional spacetime theory is mainly the responsibility of new-generation academicians like Lin Yongnian.
Human fleets have never had a good defense against space-based attacks.
Even starships equipped with dense hydrogen armor are as fragile as tofu in the face of attacks like spatial rifts and spatial annihilation.
The gravity shield has some interception and weakening effect, but its effect is not significant.
Real-world testing shows that even the stellar-class sub-flagship, the Titan Mothership, can only withstand five spatial rift attacks when its shields are operating at full power.
After five times, the Titan Mothership will basically lose its combat capability.
Based on spacetime theory, the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the sharpest spear, but had no matching shield.
This has always been a thorn in Lü Yongchang's side.
Until recently, thanks to Lin Yongnian's efforts, the three-dimensional spacetime theory has once again achieved a breakthrough.
Space is always the best way to defend against space.
The principle behind the Space Shield is not complicated.
The unified field tears apart the space around the ship, like a spatial rift.
However, the technical requirements for the [Space Shield] are far higher than those for the Space Rift.
This is quite normal.
One only needs to violently tear apart the flat space; the other, while tearing apart space, also needs to control the crack to prevent it from expanding further, and even more importantly, to make it form a stable barrier that surrounds the starship.
Can the two be compared?
...
"Attention all units, the first trial operation of the [Space Shield] is about to begin!"
Lin Yongnian's voice rang out from the loudspeaker, interrupting Lü Yongchang's thoughts.
He turned his gaze back to the massive device in the holographic projection. Although he could basically simulate the specific experimental process with his quantum brain, a faint look of anticipation still appeared in his eyes.
The successful breakthrough in [Space Shield] technology has further enhanced the sophistication of a Level 6 civilization's technology tree.
This also means that human civilization is one step closer to becoming a Level 7 civilization.
As orderly announcements rang out from the speakers, the camera in the holographic projection gradually zoomed out.
Inside the experimental site, in addition to the [Space Shield] generation device, there are also several [Space Rift] generation devices.
"...Energy pathway detection is normal, energy delivery begins."
"The unified field control unit is normal, and the power is increasing, 5%, 10%..."
The academicians' eyes also began to focus on Lü Yongchang, who was standing in front of the experimental control panel.
Undoubtedly, the order to begin such a significant experiment must have been issued by him.
Lu Yongchang took a deep breath and gave the order in a deep voice:
"Power has reached the preset target. Attempting to generate a [Spatial Shield]!"
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